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The Large Tree
Hercules Segers, c. 1628 - c. 1629
For this etching Segers covered virtually the entire plate with a dense pattern of intersecting lines. He blocked out features he wished to reserve. Printed on white paper this yielded subtle gradations of black and grey tones and the play of light in the tree’s leafy canopy, and elsewhere.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-OB-849
- Dimensionsheight 217 mm x width 277 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)
- Physical characteristicsline etching with tone and highlights created by using crosshatching and stopping-out, etching trials, spots caused by foul biting in etching ground, printed in black on paper, partly covered with black chalk